Abraham ISABOKE
Minneapolis
Summary
Oracle Database Administrator with 8+ years of experience managing enterprise databases and leading cloud modernization projects across Oracle, Azure, AWS, and Snowflake. Proven expertise in performance tuning, high availability, backup/recovery, and automation. Skilled in cloud migrations (OCI, Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Snowflake), DevOps integration, and database security. Adept at reducing costs, improving scalability, and ensuring compliance in highly regulated industries.
Core Impact: Migrated 50TB+ databases to cloud (cutting costs 35%), improved query performance by 35%, automated tasks (50% workload reduction), and delivered 99.99% uptime through HA/DR solutions.
High-performing professional with extensive experience managing large-scale, complex databases. Skilled in SQL and database management systems. Strong understanding of database design and data modeling with excellent troubleshooting skills. Smart and committed to staying up-to-date with new technologies and advancements.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SR. Oracle Database Administrator
Dell Technologies
01.2021 - Current
- Migrated 50TB+ Oracle databases to OCI, AWS, and Azure (GoldenGate, Data Pump, ZDM), reducing costs by 35% and improving scalability.
- Designed RAC + Data Guard solutions achieving 99.99% uptime and reduced RMAN backup times by 25%.
- Automated deployments (Jenkins, Ansible) and DBA tasks (Python, Bash), cutting manual workload by 50%.
- Improved application query performance by 35% via SQL tuning and AWR/ASH analysis.
- Built and optimized a Snowflake data warehouse, increasing query performance by 30%.
- Enforced IAM, encryption, and compliance policies for secure cloud operations.
- Collaborated with data engineering team on Snowflake adoption for analytics.
- Maintained and optimized Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments, ensuring high availability, security, and cost-efficiency for critical workloads.
- Develop a custom performance monitoring and alerting system using Oracle Grid Control, reducing incident response time by 70%.
- Utilize Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) and custom scripts to monitor database performance metrics, analyze performance trends, and identify areas for optimization.
- Implemented backup, patching, and disaster recovery strategies for Oracle Cloud resources, reducing downtime by 30%.
- Assisted in migrating databases to newer versions or alternate platforms, minimizing disruption to business operations.
- Conducted regular performance audits, identifying areas for improvement and adjusting configurations as needed.
- Conducted tests to identify issues and make necessary modifications.
Oracle Database Administrator
Epsilon
01.2017 - 08.2021
- Upgraded Oracle 10g → 19c with zero downtime across 100+ systems.
- Implemented Data Guard and ASM, ensuring 99.9% data availability.
- Built Snowflake data warehouses, improving ETL efficiency by 50%.
- Automated monitoring with OEM/Grid Control, reducing incidents by 45%.
- Designed and implemented Oracle Data Guard for disaster recovery, ensuring a 99.9% data availability rate during system outages.
- Secured data using TDE + Azure Key Vault, ensuring SOC2/ISO compliance.
- Managed data ingestion pipelines, ensuring seamless integration of diverse data sources into Snowflake's cloud data platform.
- Designed Python dashboards for real-time performance insights.
- Delivered Oracle-to-Azure SQL and Oracle-to-Snowflake migration labs.
- Automated RMAN backup validation with Python scripting.
- Created primary objects (tables, views, indexes, synonyms, procedures, functions, and triggers) using SQL DDL and DML scripts/commands with primary and foreign keys.
- Supported OCI environments, designing HA/DR solutions for test workloads.
- Built Snowflake pipelines for test ETL workloads, optimizing query performance by 40%.
- Worked with customers and other third parties to support DBA functions.
- Provided resources and skill sets to support DBA functions for applications.
- Managed user accounts within the Oracle Database environment, granting appropriate permissions while adhering to security protocols.
Education
MBA - Business Administration and Education Art
Syracuse University
01-2018
BA - Leadership and Management
Concordia University
04-2016
BSc - Oracle Database 12C: SQL Fundamentals
Kenyatta University
01.2014
Skills
- Database: Oracle 10g–19c, Autonomous DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
- Cloud Platforms: Oracle Cloud, Azure, AWS
- High Availability & DR: RAC, Data Guard, ASM, RMAN, ZDM
- Performance Tuning: AWR, ASH, SQL Tuning Advisor, Real-Time Monitoring
- Security: IAM, TDE, Data Masking, Azure Key Vault, Compliance (HIPAA/SOC2)
- Monitoring Tools: OEM, OCI Monitoring, Grid Control
- Automation: Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, CRONTAB
- Data Integration & ETL: GoldenGate, Data Pump, SSIS, Informatica
- Tools: Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access
- Soft Skills: Leadership, Communication, Problem-Solving, Project Management
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Oracle: OCA 12c DBA, OCI Architect Professional, Autonomous DB Admin
- Microsoft: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps
- Snowflake: Data Modeling & Optimization
Timeline
SR. Oracle Database Administrator
Dell Technologies
01.2021 - Current
Oracle Database Administrator
Epsilon
01.2017 - 08.2021
MBA - Business Administration and Education Art
Syracuse University
BA - Leadership and Management
Concordia University
BSc - Oracle Database 12C: SQL Fundamentals
Kenyatta University
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